allied to the Natural Order Burmanniacese. 555 



i. Capsule, with the adhering perianthium. 



k. Ditto, with a portion of the perianthium removed, to show the mode of 



dehiscence. 

 /, Ditto, with the perianthium wholly removed. — All more or less magni- 

 fied. 

 Fig. 3. Burmannia bicolor. 



a. Flower, cut open, to show the stamens and pistillum. 



b. Ovarium, cut transversely, to show its three-celled structure and central 



placentation. 



c. Seed. 



d. Nucleus. — All magnified. 

 Fig. 4. Pleurothallis pectinata. 



a. Seed, with its transparent reticulated testa and included nucleus, 



suspended by its base from the attenuated apex, to show its re- 

 semblance to the seed of Dictyostega orobanchioides. 



b. Nucleus. 



Tab. XXXVJII. 

 Fig. 1 . Gonyanthes nepalensis. 



a. Capsule, showing the mode of dehiscence. 

 Fig. 2. Gonyanthes Wallichii. 



a. Capsule. ." .■ 



Fig. 3. Gonyanthes pusilla. 1 



a. Capsule. 

 Fig. 4. Cymbocarpa refracta. 



a. Flower, expanded, with its pedicel and bracte. 



h. Perianthium, cut open. 



c. Stamen, seen in front. 



d. Ditto, seen sideways. 



e. Free summit of the ovarium, with the style and stigmata. 



f. Stigmata, seen in front and sideways. 



g. Capsule, cut transversely, to show the placentation and disposition of 



the seeds. 

 h. Ditto, ditto, to show the mode of dehiscence. 



i. Capsule, ripened. 



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